I actually SAW a dumb-ass get his tie stuck in a paper shredder. It's just like TV, except more hilarious in person.He also locked himself in the elevator (didn't push any buttons and panicked when the doors closed and nothing happened) and burned his face while trying to smell a hot pizza.

When we grew up and went to school there were certain teachers who would hurt the children any way they could. By pouring their derision Upon anything we did and exposing every weakness however carefully hidden by the kids

Girion47:I was always bothered that my boss made me wear a tie when inspecting places that had machinery that would be horrible if it ever caught the tie...like a conveyor belt, they have exposed gears on the ends, that will just eat your face.

Enigmamf:The Envoy: Girion47: I wore a Double Windsor every day for highschool. If you're going to be such a twit I'll refer you to wiki:"TheWindsor knot, also referred to as aFull Windsor or as aDouble Windsor to distinguish it from theHalf Windsor"

No, you wore a Windsor Knot. End of. The nomenclature "Double Windsor", which you have helpfully provided a citation for, was so the moronic could distinguish between the Windsor and the Half Windsor which are the actual names of the tie knot. If being right means being a twit then I absolutely am one. Would that make you a twat?

English is a language that learns from its speakers. Pretty much everyone calls it a Double Windsor - and if people understand it as such, that's what it is.

People who insist on "proper" English, disregarding actual usage, are generally compensating for insecurities. AKA twats.

Irregardless, I can't in good conscious use literally every word ever correctly. You're misunderestimating the language by doing it that way.

The Envoy:Girion47: I wore a Double Windsor every day for highschool. If you're going to be such a twit I'll refer you to wiki:"TheWindsor knot, also referred to as aFull Windsor or as aDouble Windsor to distinguish it from theHalf Windsor"

No, you wore a Windsor Knot. End of. The nomenclature "Double Windsor", which you have helpfully provided a citation for, was so the moronic could distinguish between the Windsor and the Half Windsor which are the actual names of the tie knot. If being right means being a twit then I absolutely am one. Would that make you a twat?

Also, if we're going to do the anecdotal crap, I wore them all throughout school and still do every day for work which trumps your (apparently meagre) stint of secondary education by a couple of decades, having been instructed by high-ranking naval officers (the Royal Navy having a long tradition of wearing Windsor Knots which I believe they still do) in the family on how to tie one and what it is called.

The Envoy:Girion47: I actually really like wearing ties, I feel they can lend a nice touch to a suit if you get your color contrasts set up correctly. The knot you tie also shows how serious you are, single windsors tell me that you don't really know how to tie a tie and you're wearing it out of obligation. You should at least wear a double windsor.

Now, these below are really cool knots, I haven't tried them out yet, but I will wear them in the future.

Those knots would only be sported over here by shiny-suited spivs trying to sell you a 911 or a house in Chiswick. They're foul. Also, there's no such thing as a Double Windsor. If people refer to Double Windsors it tells me that they don't really know how to tie a tie. It's a Windsor or a Half Windsor, nothing else.

Girion47:I actually really like wearing ties, I feel they can lend a nice touch to a suit if you get your color contrasts set up correctly. The knot you tie also shows how serious you are, single windsors tell me that you don't really know how to tie a tie and you're wearing it out of obligation. You should at least wear a double windsor.

Now, these below are really cool knots, I haven't tried them out yet, but I will wear them in the future.

Eldredge Knot:

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Trinity Knot:

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The Eldredge knot looks cool. The Trinity knot looks like you seriously messed up your knot and said 'fark it, good enough.'

Girion47:I actually really like wearing ties, I feel they can lend a nice touch to a suit if you get your color contrasts set up correctly. The knot you tie also shows how serious you are, single windsors tell me that you don't really know how to tie a tie and you're wearing it out of obligation. You should at least wear a double windsor.

Now, these below are really cool knots, I haven't tried them out yet, but I will wear them in the future.

Those knots would only be sported over here by shiny-suited spivs trying to sell you a 911 or a house in Chiswick. They're foul. Also, there's no such thing as a Double Windsor. If people refer to Double Windsors it tells me that they don't really know how to tie a tie. It's a Windsor or a Half Windsor, nothing else.

The WindowLicker:Girion47: I was always bothered that my boss made me wear a tie when inspecting places that had machinery that would be horrible if it ever caught the tie...like a conveyor belt, they have exposed gears on the ends, that will just eat your face.

Breakaway ties. Tie it, mark the back of the neck when it is properly fitted, and then have a tailor cut it apart and sew velcro in so that it can come off with a good tug.

I have a few modified like that for work specifically to prevent another individual from choking me with my own tie.

I honestly hope that if that ever comes up in your line of work that you run away as fast as you can pinwheeling your legs screaming "NIGHT LIZAARRRRRD....... AWAYYYYYYYY!"